Destinations

Aims and objectives 

In this lesson students will: 

•  listen to a travel agent discussing a holiday 

proposal with a client 

•  focus on expressions used to give advice to 

customers 

•  roleplay different situations to practise advising 

customers 

Speaking  

A PERSONAL SERVICE 

Exercise 1, page 36 

Focus students’ attention on the photo and website 

information for BettaVacations before giving them 

time to read it. Ask students what Patricia does for a 

living then get students to read about the people 

looking for a suitable holiday. Elicit the AmE for 

holiday

 (

vacation

) and ask students to decide which 

type of holiday might suit each pair. Students discuss 

ideas in pairs before sharing them with the class. 

Encourage them to explain their choices and if time, 

ask the class to reach a consensus on the best 

holiday for each set of people. 

Students’ own answers. 

Listening 

COSTA DE SAUIPE 

FACT FILE 

Brazil

 is the largest country in South America and 

the worlds’ fifth largest country. It has a fast 

growing economy (in 2012 it was the world’s sixth 

largest) with tourism as a growing industry. In 2012 

it received over 5 million visitors and is the third 

most popular Latin American country among 

tourists after Mexico and Argentina.  

EXTRA ACTIVITY  

Refer students to the map in the front of the book 

and ask them to find out where Brazil is. Elicit 

which countries it borders.